Allina News

[KMSP Fox 9 News, April 17, 2012] A British study is confirming a new ultrasound surgical treatment for prostate cancer has almost none of the side effects often caused by other types of treatment. The High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment is yet to be approved in the U.S., but Dr. Peter Sershon, the Chief of [...]

[KSTP-TV, March 30, 2012] Warm temperatures may be tempting some to wander into area lakes and rivers. But emergency room physician Rudi Alvey at Allina’s United Hospital in St. Paul warns that may not be a very safe idea.

[KMSP Fox 9, March 9, 2012] A pair of sister turned their February birthdays a bit upside down. Instead of gifts for themselves, they asked for gifts of baby clothes and blankets so they could give them to babies at Allina’s United Hospital in St. Paul, where they were born. Watch the story here.

[KSTP-TV, Feb. 29, 2012] What if you only got to celebrate your birthday once every four years. Todd Johnson, Jr. was born at Allina’s United Hospital on Leap Day and he may find out. Watch more below.

[Star Tribune, Feb. 19, 2012] Today’s grandparents are getting schooled on the changes in child-rearing since they raised their own families. Prenatal classes for grandparents are designed to give expecting grandparents skills that combine their wealth of knowledge and experience with modern ideas and practices. About a dozen grandparents gathered at United Hospital in St. [...]

KMSP Fox 9 News, Feb. 6, 2012] Those who fight in our armed forces are often away from home during important family moments — sometimes including the birth of a child. However, new technology can help bridge large distances, and one Minnesota guardsman was able to witness his son’s birth via Skype from Allina’s United [...]

[Pioneer Press, Nov. 22, 2011] Allina’s United Hospital in St. Paul is planning to spend $18.5 million to renovate operating rooms and expand the overall size of its surgery center. With the project, the total number of ORs in service at United will decrease slightly from 20 to 18. But each operating room will get [...]

[Pioneer Press, Nov. 17, 2011] The current president of Allina’s Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids has been named the new president of United Hospital in St. Paul, also an Allina Hospital. Tom O’Connor is scheduled to take the job at United Hospital effective Jan. 2. Located in the West Seventh neighborhood of St. Paul, United [...]

[KMSP Fox9, Oct. 6, 2011] The same group that claimed women don’t need mammograms is now questioning the  efficacy of test that revolutionized the detection and treatment of prostate cancer;  however, Dr. Pete Sershon, who specializes in treating prostate cancer at United Hospital, isn’t buying it. “When a man has a PSA blood test year to [...]

[Pioneer Press, August 18, 2011] Chris Evans wants to qualify for a health plan with a lower deductible next year. So the St. Paul man spent five minutes this week with a toothbrush-shaped swab tucked between his cheek and gums as part of a tobacco-use screening test at United Hospital. This year, Allina joins a [...]

[KARE11, Aug. 4, 2011] A new University of Washington study says it’s harder to eat a nutritious diet if you’re on a low income as the number of families using food stamps is growing. Alicia Stewart, a clinical dietician with Allina’s United Hospital in St. Paul, toured a local supermarket and talked with KARE11′s Boua [...]

[KMSP Fox 9, Aug. 3, 2011] A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report says hospitals can do much more to help breastfeeding moms be successful. From in-hospital support to out-patient programs and information, Allina Hospitals like United in St. Paul are going the extra mile helping breastfeeding moms. United certified lactation consultant Kim Kretschmer talked [...]